The high domed lid deeply carved with a basket filled with flowers and fruits, the body of the lid and the box proper with altogether eight cartouches filled with various flowers, bamboo and rocks, all on a ground of concentric squares. Black lacquer to the inside. Dimensions Height 15.3 cm; diameter 25.4 cm Medium Button1 Literature Compare a carved lacquer plate very similar in motif and quality of carving, illustrated in: Chinese Arts and Crafts, Light Industry Publishing house, Peking 1973, no. 140 Provenance The Renate and Tono Dreßen collection, Münster Notes VAT: Margin scheme